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Bad Bunny has brought the spirit of Puerto Rico to Washington, D.C, gracing the NPR Music Tiny Desk stage with a live performance of his recent album and homage to his hometown: DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS.Benito's long-awaited Tiny Desk has been a long time coming, with fans begging for him to make an appearance on the series. Shot back in February, the singer's set spans a series of five stripped-back songs from DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS, reimagined with the help of his backing band LoS SOBRiNOS, led by musical director and percussionist Julito Gastón and featuring Luis Irizarry, producer “Big Jay” Anthony, Krystal Santana, Emanuel Santana, Luis Sanz and Fabiola Méndez.After opening with "PIToRRO DE COCO," he transitioned into "VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR," introducing the cut as a true taste of his hometo...

Drake and 21 Savage are back in business with their newest collaboration, "Waiting To Exhale."The joint was released via The Boy's @plottttwisttttt X account, and hears a three-minute cut with the duo delivering a lengthy verse each. Not much is known about the origins of the track, but some fans have presumed that it could have initially been recorded for the pair's joint album Her Loss.The two artists have delivered on numerous collaborations in the past, with Her Loss going on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and earning a GRAMMY nomination for Best Rap Album in 2024.Stream Drake and 21 Savage's "Waiting To Exhale" below.Drake x 21 Savage - Waiting To Exhale pic.twitter.com/8HUIbv51cu— ‎ً (@plottttwisttttt) April 7, 2025Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast

Lil Durk is opening this week's Billboard 200 at No. 3 with Deep Thoughts.The rapper's latest studio effort earns 64,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 63,000 in streaming equivalent album units (85.92 million on-demand official streams of the songs), 1,000 in album sales and the remaining in track equivalent album units. Deep Thoughts marks Durkio's seventh top effort — all of which have ranked in the top three.Elsewhere in this week's top 10, Ariana Grande's eternal sunshine returns to No. 1 following the release of its deluxe edition. It earns 137,000 equivalent album units, with 75,000 in streaming equivalent album units, 61,000 in traditional album sales and 1,000 in track equivalent album units.Playboi Carti moves down to No. 2, Kendrick Lamar falls to No. 4 and ...

J. Cole's annual Dreamville Festival will soldier on — just under a different name.Dreamville and Live Nation festival producer Sascha Stone Guttfreund confirmed the news via Billboard, disputing earlier reports that this year's iteration would be its last. “We’re going to be here for years to come,” Guttfreund said. “This is a multi-year deal, and we’re so excited to be working with the city of Raleigh together on something new and exciting, and to continue to build on this incredible thing that we’ve done over the years.”Raleigh City Manager Marchell Adams-David also noted that the festival will likely continue to have hip-hop-heavy lineups in the future, “We’re going to continue on the same path that’s been successful for us. Our consumers have told us what they like, and we’re going to...